Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
Households in social housing: 24%, above 84% of compared French towns. Just over one in ten households are single parents, more than in 77% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Genlis was home to 5,093 people in 2,370 households. The census found that 1.1% of homes are second homes here.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Genlis
Fewer residents than in 2012
Genlis had 5,578 residents at the 2012 census and 5,093 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Genlis changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, −4%.
Genlis is older than 56% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Genlis 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Genlis sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Genlis: 37% of households are one person living alone, above 57% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. 25% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of flats than 62% of compared French towns: 39%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 5.7% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 65% of compared French towns. By contrast, by its share of households without a car (12%), Genlis is above 56% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €25,590 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Genlis is €25,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.0%.
Genlis: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 86% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
In Genlis, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
2.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 74% of compared French towns, at 39%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Genlis (26%). In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 39% and 6%, and 7.8% are widowed.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Genlis, less than in 83% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Here 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 5,044 to 5,140 people, the 20th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villenoy (36), the youngest, and Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (67.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Genlis, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genlis | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 3.7% |
| Neuilly-Crimolois 3,588 · 5.8 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 0.4% | 7.7% |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,108 · 6 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 7.2 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Quetigny 8,971 · 7.4 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 8.4 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
| Auxonne 7,581 · 8.8 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Genlis
What is the population of Genlis?
5,093 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (5,578).
How old are Genlis’ residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genlis?
28, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genlis?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Genlis?
€25,590 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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